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A young female engineer from Leziate has been shortlisted for a national award in her field.Jade Kimpton, 22, is an apprentice substation engineer at National Grid who is in the running to win the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2023.The engineer carries out maintenance on substation assets, including repairs and replacements, and helps with the commissioning of renewable generation connections.Jade wants to encourage

In the monthly Ward Round column, hospital CEO Alice Webster talks awards, buggies and the future...Last week we celebrated our annual Team QEH Awards, with a ceremony for all of our finalists and their invited family, friends and colleagues.I’ve never been prouder to be part of Team QEH. These awards are a testament to the incredible staff we have across all areas of the Trust and it was a truly

A camera club has hosted its first annual awards in its new home to celebrate the successes of its members.King’s Lynn District Camera Club (KLDCC) gathered at its new home at Springwood High School to present trophies and certificates to its best shutterbugs.The awards evening, which was held on September 25, welcomed special guests Andrew Johnson (CEO of the North Norfolk Academy Trust) and Lee Everson (head of art and

A small piece of history has been returned to Hunstanton after a commemorative plate was handed into a charity shop.An inscription on the plate, which was given to the Norfolk Hospice Tapping House shop in Lynn, showed it had originally been presented to a Miss Beeton – the organist at the Union Chapel in Hunstanton – on the occasion of her wedding in June 1899.Staff at the Lynn shop contacted

Kick-outs, “volatile behaviour” and cocaine all played a role in an incident which saw three people wind up in court.Leon Vertigan, 19, Ronnie Dunne, 26, and Sarah Wilson, 39, appeared together at Lynn Magistrates’ Court last Thursday charged with a range of offences.Vertigan pleaded guilty to assault with intent to arrest, Dunne admitted possession of a Class A drug, and Wilson pleaded guilty to assault by beating of an emergency

Storm Babet is set to batter the UK with extremely heavy rain and high winds from Wednesday including in Lynn, Hunstanton, Swaffham, Downham and Fakenham.The second named storm of the season will last from Wednesday to Saturday, the Met Office said, and is expected to cause flooding, power cuts and travel disruption.Yellow severe weather warnings have been issued across the four days for a vast swathe of the UK, covering

Lynn Night Shelter has launched a crowdfunding appeal after the Government turned down its bid for vital money.The shelter, which has already postponed its planned re-opening after the summer break until the start of November due to lack of funds, is in urgent need of money if it is to continue supporting homeless people who may otherwise be sleeping rough.Options appear to be running out after the Department for Levelling

A Lynn man died after an accidental drug overdose caused him to have a heart attack which in turn led to a severe brain injury, an inquest heard.It took 28 minutes for CPR to finally work, by which time Bobby Mortimer, who was 42, had suffered damage to the brain caused by lack of oxygen.Bobby, of Chapel Street, died on March 31 this year at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)

Three people were taken to hospital following a crash at a town industrial estate.Police were called to Hardwick Road in Lynn at 5.30pm on Saturday after the two-vehicle collision, just outside the BMW garage.At least one car was substantially damaged, with officers forced to form a circle around it with their own vehicles as it lay in the left-hand lane. Drivers were forced to divert onto the other side of